To bring together into sheaves; collect into a sheaf or into sheaves.n. A slice, as of bread; a cut.n. A grooved wheel in a block, mast, yard, etc., on which a rope works; the wheel of a pulley; a shiver. See cut under block.n. A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.n. The grooved wheel or disk on which a sliding door is carried upon a rail or track.n. The disk or wheel over which a window-rope or -chain passes to the sash-weight.n. The circular disk or body of an eccentric such as is used to operate the valves of steam-engines.